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![USAID Announces Two New Food Security Programs Totaling US$130 Million USAID Announces Two New Food Security Programs Totaling US$130 Million](https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/pressreleases/Takunda_and_Amalima_Loko_Press_Release.png?itok=AjG1eKDf)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced on October 21 two new food security programs, Takunda and Amalima Loko. These five-year programs will target nearly 490,000 Zimbabweans in Matabeleland North, Masvingo, and Manicaland provinces.
![The United States launches US$5 million initiative to expand economic opportunities for thousands of Zimbabwe’s youth The United States launches US$5 million initiative to expand economic opportunities for thousands of Zimbabwe’s youth](https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/pressreleases/71716436_2720747321303487_6465675563041292288_o_1.jpg?itok=wCOyKxKy)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the Local Works Zimbabwe Youth Program, a US$5 million economic empowerment initiative. This youth-led initiative will help create economic opportunities to address youth unemployment, increase incomes, and combat rising poverty among young people in urban and rural areas.
![USAID Celebrates Commercialization of Smallholder Beef and Dairy Production USAID Celebrates Commercialization of Smallholder Beef and Dairy Production](https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/pressreleases/Feed_the_future_2.jpg?itok=mgutxVt_)
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and partner Fintrac, marked the successful completion of the five-year Feed the Future Livestock Development program at a virtual event on September 16, 2020 under the theme: Celebrating Commercialization of Smallholder Beef and Dairy Production.
![Shaina the Movie As part of a media initiative to empower adolescent girls and young women in Sub-Saharan Africa, the USAID funded the production of the feature-length film, Shaina.](https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/pressreleases/118260791_156998026046874_286022726402490331_o_1.jpg?itok=1f6Lc_ig)
As part of a media initiative to empower adolescent girls and young women in Sub-Saharan Africa, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funded the production of the feature-length film, Shaina, premiering on ZBC-TV on August 21 at 9PM and 23 at 10PM. Shaina brings together the best of Zimbabwe’s known talent, including Jesesi Mungoshi, Leroy Gopal, Edmore Sandifolo, Marian Kunonga, and Charmaine Mujeri, alongside a host of refreshing young Zimbabwean actors.
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will provide $60.55 million toward the World Food Programme’s (WFP) 2020/21 Lean Season Food Assistance program in Zimbabwe. The lean season assistance will begin in August and will feed nearly one million people during the peak of the season, from January to April 2021.
![The United States, through USAID has committed an additional $10 million for humanitarian assistance in response to COVID-19 in Zimbabwe. The United States, through USAID has committed an additional $10 million for humanitarian assistance in response to COVID-19 in Zimbabwe.](https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/pressreleases/graphic.jpg?itok=06ShCtXO)
The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has committed an additional $10 million in response to COVID-19. The funds will go to the World Food Programme (WFP) for humanitarian assistance for nearly 100,000 vulnerable people in eight urban areas. With this additional funding, U.S. assistance to the COVID-19 response in Zimbabwe exceeds $18 million. USAID has provided nearly $15 million, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided $3 million, and PEPFAR has reprogrammed $150,000 to address COVID-19.
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has committed an additional $2 million in health assistance to support the people of Zimbabwe during the COVID-19 pandemic. U. S. assistance to Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 response now exceeds US$8 million. USAID has now committed $5 million and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided $3 million. PEPFAR has committed $150,000.
![The Feed the Future Zimbabwe FARM activity will target 20,000 households in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces. The Feed the Future Zimbabwe FARM activity will target 20,000 households in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces.](https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/pressreleases/Grace_and_Sharon_P4P_farmers_-_Tatenda_Macheka_WFP_Zim.jpg?itok=zisogiUi)
USAID/Zimbabwe announces a new Feed the Future activity, Fostering Agribusiness for Resilient Markets (FARM). The US$19.8 million, five-year contract with Chemonics International will commence in the next few months and will focus its efforts in Manicaland and Masvingo Provinces.
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